Bath brush



J. WlSSMAR Jan. 15, 1929.

BATH BRUSH Filed NOV. 10, 1927 Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT ,E OFFICE.

JOSEPH WISSMAR, oF CLEVELAND, omo, AssrGNoR 0F oNE-HALF To KARL F. RUP?,

or CLEVELAND, 01110. i i

BATH BRUSH.

This application is a continuation in part of my application for UnitedStates Letters Patent upon improvements in bath brushes tiled April 28,1927, Serial No. 187,205.

My invention particularly relates to bath brushes that are flexible andthat are provided With flexible extensions whereby such brush may becaused to reach those parts of the body ordinarily difficult orimpossible of access..

The general object of the invention is to provide a brush of theabove-described character, which is simple in construction and efficientin use. A specific object is to provide a brush construction of suchcharacter which may be made to conform with both convex and concave bodysurfaces.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detailcertain means embodying my invention, such disclosed means,constituting, however, but one of the various forms in which theprinciple of the invention may be illustrated.

In said annexed drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved brush, showing the sameflexed to the concave form;

Figure 2 is a top fplan view of said brush;

Figure 3 is a ragmentary bottom plan view ofthe brush;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the brush showing the flexibleextensions folded under the brush and the Whole flexed to convex formfor use as a hand brush;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section, upon an enlarged scale,taken in the plane `indicated by the line 5 5, Figure 2; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary horizontal section, taken in the planeindicated by the line GMG, Figure 5.

The illustrated embodiment of my invention includes a flat primary bodymember 1 consisting of an elongated strip of flexible material such asrubber, preferably tapered as shown in Figure l toward each end andhaving the ends formed with or into cylindri` cal gripping members 6.The middle portion of said body member 1 is 'provided With amultiplicity of perforations 3 through which project thetufts 2 of a setof bristles, the butt ends of said tufts projecting beyond the rearsurface of the strip 1, the bristles of each butt end being cemented orotherwise caused to adhere to each other and the butt ends 4 beingindividually secured by separate Wire holders 8, as plainly shovvn intheFigrires 5 and 6. In practice, a tuft2 is secured to a loop in a lengthof wire and the tuft passed through the perforation 3 by a machine toform the butt end and the Wire severed to individually secure the tuft.After all of the tufts have thus been threaded" through the perforations3 and individually mary member 1, preferably by stitching, as

shown, although it will be obvious that any other well-known method ofsecuringr may be employed, such as riveting, cementing or vulcanizing.This secondary member 5 forms a reinforcement for the middle part of thebrush and a protecting cover for the butt ends of the bristles, Withoutdetracting from the flexibility of the brush as a. Whole. To secure thisflexibility, I form the secondary member 5 with a multiplicity ofperforations 9 located respectively adjacent the enlarged ends 4 of therespective tufts 2 which results in the extreme pliability of the covermember 5 and, together with the individual securing of the butt ends 4,results in great flexibility of the brush as a Whole, each tuft 2 havingindividual flexibility, as shown by clot-anddash lines in Figure 5.

It will be seen that by grasping the ends 6 of the brush, the entirestructure may be flexed when in use against the body of the user,whereby the bristle structure may be flexed to concave form to conformwith convex body surfaces. I

By folding the extending portions of the member 1 under the bristlestructure, as shown in Figure 4, the device may be used as a hand brushand flexed so as to give the bristle structure a convex form, whereby itmay be made to conform with concave surfaces of the body of the user.For the urposes of suspending the brush on a nail or ook, I provide oneend portion of the body member 1 with a perforation 7.

What I claim is:

1. A bath brush comprising an elongated dat flexible primary memberhaving its mid-` die portion formed with a multiplicity of perforations;a tuft of bristles'passing through each perforation, the butt end ofeach tu'ft extending beyond said member and anchored against passagethrough its perforation; and a fiat secondary backing member secured tosaid primary member over the butt ends of the bristle tufts and beingformed With a perforation adjacent eaohsch butt end.

2. A bath brush Comprising an elongated primary flexible member havingfront and baek faces `and having its middle portion modem mary memberover the butt ends of the bristle tufts and being formed With aperforation adj aeent each -sueh butt end.

Signed by me this 4th day of November,

JOSEPH Wiseman.

